Domain Name News

Go Daddy Proves It’s a Tech Company, But Not With Its Commercials

Recent moves by new CEO Blake Irving show the company’s path forward. If you ask the typical person on the street what Go Daddy is about, they’ll probably say something about sexy Super Bowl commercials. Last year the company decided to change that image and show people that it was a serious tech company. It […]

EasyBook.com Registered in 1996 Saved in UDRP

In an extremely short, lazy opinion, a one member UDRP panel rejected the claim of Alpitour S.p.A. of Torino, Italy who tried to grab the generic domain EasyBook.com, but failed to address the issue of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking.

GoDaddy Rolls Out New gTLD Pages

Godaddy has launched a few new page in anticipation of the launch of the new gTLDs.

Forward U.S. Bought Domain for $1,500

New immigration reform group bought .us domain for $1,500 at Sedo. The new immigration reform group that Ron Jackson wrote about last week paid $1,500 for FWD.us. That’s just one of the end user sales that Sedo made last week. It had a big week, closing nearly $2 million in sales. Here are some of […]

New Nigerian Domain Names Likely to Lead to Growth

On 7 April 2013, the Nigerian Internet Registration Association (NIRA), announced the launch of the .ng domain name extension, making it possible to register Second Level Domains (SLDs) in Nigeria.

Boston Marathon Conspiracy Nuts Looking to Buy Domains

Domain names linked to the tragic events at the Boston Marathon are being bought up to keep them out of the hands of ‘conspiracy kooks’. Visitors to bostonmarathonconspiracy.com will find only a message asking them to ‘keep the victims… in your thoughts’, after a man purchased the web address to prevent it becoming a forum for rampant speculation over who was responsible for the bombings.

Dot-Amazon? Let’s think about that, an advisory panel says

A governmental advisory panel is advising a go-slow approach on applications for several new top-level Internet domains with retail implications, including .amazon, .patagonia and .wine.

ICANN Cancels New York New gTLD Party

ICANN has decided to call off its big New York City new gTLD launch “party”, DI has learned. The high-profile media event, scheduled for April 23, was set to feature an appearance from mayor Michael Bloomberg and was expected to be a coming-out party for new gTLDs. The original plan was for ICANN to sign […]

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20th Century Fox Changes Name to 21st Century Fox

As I predicted, News Corp announces 21st Century Fox. News Corp today announced that its entertainment business will be called 21st Century Fox. Over the weekend I was willing to bet money that 21st Century Fox was in the works. My suspicions started on April 10 when 20th Century Fox registered a number of domain […]

Godaddy Opens Seattle Office, Hires Executives of Microsoft Google & Amazon

Go Daddy announced today that is opening a permanent Seattle-area office in Kirkland or Bellevue, Washington n June. According to a Press Release out today, Godaddy is already operating out of a temporary office near Carillon Point in Kirkland, as Go Daddy has hired “veteran executives from Microsoft, Google, Amazon and eBay, among others.